Mummery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A performance by mummers.
  • n. A pretentious or hypocritical show or ceremony.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. merrymaking; the performance of a mummer
  • n. a ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, especially of a religious nature
  • n. a showy but empty performance
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
  • n. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Pantomime as enacted by mummers; a show or performance of mummers.
  • n. A ceremony or performance considered false or pretentious; farcical show; hypocritical disguise and paradc: applied in contempt to various religious ceremonies by people who are of other sects or beliefs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. meaningless ceremonies and flattery
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hokum    nonsense    nonsensicality    meaninglessness    bunk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    masking    buffoonery    acting    pretense   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clownishness    scurrility    trickery    prevarication    profanation   
     
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